News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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IITA working on Africa’s first genome edited banana
13.09.19The new frontier for agricultural innovation is genome editing and IITA is already leading the…
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Combating hunger: Switzerland makes renewed contribution to CGIAR
13.09.19Climate change, land degradation and water scarcity increasingly affect agricultural production and …
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To adapt to climate change, double CGIAR research: Report
10.09.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As the global food system comes under increasing pressure, research is needed to boost productivity,…
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Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
09.09.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
This year opens the Decade of Family Farming (#FamilyFarmingDecade), which aims to improve the lif…
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Multiple bridges connecting the water-nutrition divide: What’s new?
06.09.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This was the question discussed by experts at a session during this year’s World Water…
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Food policies for healthier diets
05.09.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Programs for improving diets often focus on demand, providing incentives to groups of consumers. How…
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Upcoming events
Now until 17 Oct. 2019
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17.09.19
Linking Climate Change, Gender and Nutrition: Approaches, Highlights and the Way Forward (under the GCAN Initiative)
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19.09.19
Nurul Islam: Reflections from 60+ Years of Development
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19.09.19
Adapting to New Climate Realities: Doing More, Better, and New
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24.09.19
Delivering for Nutrition in India: Insights from Implementation Research
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28.09.19
GLF New York 2019 – The Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: Help define the most important Decade of the century.
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08.10.19 > 10.10.19
The 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019 - Transforming food systems under a changing climate
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08.10.19 > 10.10.19
5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture
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16.10.19 > 18.10.19
World Food Prize 2019
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16.10.19 > 18.10.19
2019 BIG DATA Convention - TRUST: Humans, Machines & Ecosystems
Read moreInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Patancheru Hyderabad, India
News from the Centers and Programs
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Back from the brink of extinction
13.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
Long-term efforts to restore and conserve a collection of Israeli and Palestinian wheat landraces (I…
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Understanding what impacts last after the project ends
12.09.19-
Nutrition
Little is known about what happens after a development project ends. Scientists with HarvestPlus ret…
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How small businesses are driving growth across African agriculture
12.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A new report from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) finds that millions of sm…
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ANH Academy launches technical brief on economic evaluations of multi-sectoral actions for nutrition and health
12.09.19-
Nutrition
The technical working group of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy has published a…
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A few engineering breakthroughs that could (literally) transform Africa’s dairy systems and food security
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Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Antigen biosensor detector on a UV LASER ablated gold coated glass plate (Photo credit: Flickr/Clive…
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Thursday Links, September 2019
12.09.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other…
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